Archive of News (2012)
US wants 9/11 health program to include 50 cancers
Federal officials say a health program for first responders and New Yorkers stricken by toxic dust unleashed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center should be expanded to include 50 types of cancer.
Sept. 11 Health Fund Given Clearance to Cover Cancer
A federal health official’s ruling has cleared the way for 50 different types of cancer to be added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to compensate and treat people exposed to the toxic smoke, dust and fumes in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Zadroga Act will cover 50 cancers after landmark ruling
Cancers will now be covered by the 9/11 health law in a landmark ruling that clears the way for thousands of Ground Zero first-responders to receive treatment and compensation.
Logistics Hang Over a Ruling on 9/11 Cancer
About five years ago, Patricia Workman’s bones started breaking, and she was found to have multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. At the same time, her skin cancer started to proliferate, leaving her face so scarred that she needed reconstructive surgery and still hides it with dark glasses.
Study: 9/11 WTC dust sickened residents years later
Several years after dust from the World Trade Center twin towers found its way into thousands of homes and nearly every crevice in lower Manhattan, area residents still suffered health problems, according to a new study.
WTC health program opens Brooklyn clinic
The Rev. Terry Lee said he was an undocumented immigrant living in Brooklyn on Sept. 11, 2001. The Jamaican native said he spent months after as a volunteer clergy, blessing remains and comforting other first responders.
E.P.A. Chemist Who Warned of Ground Zero Dust Is Reinstated
A senior Environmental Protection Agency chemist who argued that she was removed from her job in retaliation for accusing the agency of underestimating the toxicity of dust at ground zero has been reinstated with back pay by an administrative board.
Committee decides on cancers related to 9/11
In the coming months, Stroehlein, who now receives medical treatment at a cancer center in Suffolk County, Long Island, could be eligible for federally funded cancer care under the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
9/11 Panel Outlines Cancers Zadroga Act Should Cover
An advisory panel has released a list of more than 30 forms of cancer it believes should be covered under the Zadroga Act — part of a preliminary report that leaves the door open to all cancers being covered.
Law firm ‘abandons’ 9/11 victims
The law firm that reaped more than $200 million in fees and expenses in the city’s court settlement with 10,000 Ground Zero workers now says it won’t represent those filing compensation claims under the federal Zadroga Act because rules forbid them to further bill the same clients, The Post has learned.